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Fourteen-year experience of prenatal diagnosis of thalassemia in Iran.
Community genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Najmabadi Hossein, Ghamari Alireza, Sahebjam Farhad, Kariminejad Roxana, Hadavi Valeh, Khatibi Talayeh, Samavat Ashraf, Mehdipour Elaheh, Modell Bernadette, Kariminejad Mohammand Hassan
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For 14 years, Iranian scientists have worked to develop a national thalassemia prevention program. Although historically abortion was considered unacceptable in Iran, intensive consultations led to the clerical approval of induced abortion in cases with beta-thalassemia major in 1997, and a nationwide prevention program with screening, counseling and prenatal diagnosis (PND) networks has been developed. This...
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